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To: Steven Bowen who wrote (903)	11/30/1998 10:06:00 AM
From: PMS Witch	Respond to of 110648

"Does that mean these .chk files can or can't be deleted?" I usually look at what .CHK files contain. If something I recognize as important, I check the integrity of the files where the data belongs and base my actions on what I discover. Most of the time the .CHK files contain unrecognizable data or garbage and I delete them. Where they come from is a more important question for me. Usually killing some locked program while it's buffers haven't been flushed will leave lost clusters. I run CHKDSK regularly (daily) and find these before it's too late. Often, temporary files leave this junk, and it's no loss to delete. While developing software, a bug or two will give my system fits and scramble my files and disk. This proves another fertile source of lost clusters. (Stuff I write runs close to the hardware.) Careless pointer manipulations are especially efficient at wreaking havoc. In short, delete in haste, regret in leisure. Happy experimenting, PW.